Talavera aequipes

Taxobox
name = "Talavera aequipes"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Euophryinae
tribus = Euophryini
genus = "Talavera"
species = "T. aequipes"
binomial = "Talavera aequipes"
binomial_authority = (O. P-Cambridge, 1871)
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synonyms ="Salticus aequipes"
"Attus aequipes"
"Euophrys aequipes"

"Talavera aequipes" is a small jumping spider that occurs in Eurasia. It is very hard to distinguish from several very similar species, but is the most frequent of these spiders in Central Europe. It is small enough to reside comfortably in snail shells of down to 5 mm length during winter, where they also lay their eggs. Sometimes it shares a larger shell with "Pellenes tripunctatus", where "T. aequipes" lives deep inside, and "P. tripunctatus" is found in the larger opening.

Appearance

Males only reach a body size of two mm, females up to 3 mm. The body is covered with brown to yellowish hairs, with striped legs. The female has yellow palps, the male has a yellow mask.

Distribution

The species is widely distributed in Europe, but is also found up to Eastern Siberia. It lives mostly on dry meadows.

Name

The species name is Latin for "equal feet".

ubspecies

The subspecies "Talavera aequipes ludio" (Simon, 1871) occurs only on Corsica. Earlier synonyms are:
* "Attus ludio" Simon, 1871
* "Euophrys ludio" Simon, 1876
* "Euophrys aequipes ludio" Simon, 1937

References

* (1997). Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas. "Kosmos". ISBN 3440107469

Further reading

* (1937): Les arachnides de France. Tome VI. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 5e et derniére partie. Paris, 6: 979-1298.
* & aut|Kronestedt, T. (2003): A review of the genus "Talavera" Peckham and Peckham, 1909 (Araneae, Salticidae). "Journal of Natural History" 37(9): 1091-1154. [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a713834798~db=all Abstract]

External links

* [http://www.essexfieldclub.org.uk/portal/p/Picture/r/view/s/Talavera+aequipes Picture of a male "T. aequipes"]
* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/talavera/aequipes.htm Diagnostic drawings]